Thanksgiving

Reading my blog is like getting the female and better perspective of Mikey B's blog, so here we go... :)
So we went to Chicago to Mike's parents house. They live in Elmhurst in the western suburbs.
We got in Weds night around 12:30. The dog did great for the ride, as we thought she would since she loves "jeep" rides.
Thanksgiving morning was watching the annual Macy's parade on T.V. and planning out the day's menu and when this has to go in the oven, and when this has to come out of the oven, and so on and so on.....
Dinner was excellent per usual. Turkey, stuffin',taters, rolls that looked like buttcheeks (even though we did bring the camera, we forgot to take any pictures...DER!!!) Post dinner was hanging out, watching whatever was on T.V and preparing with the ads for Friday's shopping adventures.
Friday morning we (Jill, Kathy and I) were out the door by 8:15. First stop was Kohl's. We got some good deals on toys and baby outfits. I also got my christmas gift early from Bob and Kathy. The beautiful empire red, 5 quart, 10 speed Kitchenaid Artisan Mixer. It is soooo nice and I am going to love it forever and ever!! It was an unexpected surprise when Kathy said "go pick out the one you want"
kitchenaid

We ended up going to WalMart and again we got some good earlybird specials on toys and DVDs. By the way, we were the minorities here, not that we minded, but I refreshed my spanish a little.
Next it was off to Portillo's restaurant. I suggest you eat here when you are in the Chicago area, it is delish!! Chicago dogs, chili cheese fries, italian beef sandwiches, malts that are chocolate cake flavored, yeah!!

portillos

Saturday consisted of more shopping, just Kathy and I. We went to Hobby Lobby (big craft supply store, puts Michaels to shame!) and we also went to the "outside" mall. We also made the boys jealous by eating some delicious snacks at White Castle.
Saturay night we headed down to Chicago. It was a blast. I have never seen so many people. The streets we littered with people. It drove Mike crazy, but it was fun to be a part of the massive post T-day crowds in downtown Chiago. We saw the 4 story Crate and Barrel store, the 3 story American girl doll store (YIKES!!), John Hancock Building, NikeTown etc...
We also went on a horse drawn carriage ride around town. Our driver was full of stories (i.e: her mom drove limo for Oprah for 17 years, her best friend dates David Blaine, she was at the Playboy Mansion for Halloween and met Hugh Hefner, blah blah blah)
We then went down to Millineum Park to see "the bean" Very cool.

Sunday we left for home, again the dog did great.
To see some pictures of our trip go to Mikey B's blog or you can log on to photobucket.com and type in boehnlein, Rob should have pictures up there soon.